Peking University in discrimination controversy

From: China Daily | Date: August 30, 2005| Author: Wang Zhuoqiong and Raymond Zhou | Copyright information

A few months ago, Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers sparked an uproar when he suggested that women are not as good at science and maths as men. Now, China's prestigious Peking University has an admission policy that suggests women are too good at learning languages, and therefore should not be treated equally.

The controversy broke out when some female applicants failed to be admitted to the university's Foreign Languages School while men with slightly lower scores were enrolled. A...

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